Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-15
SPHINX DAKOTA.

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Prospects never was better for u
big crop in this neck Of the woods.
Sheep shearing was completed last
week the clips not up to the average
OF former years.
Mr.. S. Horton one of the first set
lers Of Sphinx is reported as seriously
i'll; rheumatism is the malady.
A son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hanson died
June 9th, aged three days. Nh. and
Mrs. il. have lost four young chill
dren before. They have the SYM
pathy of the entire neighborhood.
Miss Jennie Williams teacher in
the Elk Point school, is r~usticating
with her brother J. d. Davis, of
Pleasant Hill.
G. H. Reams, road supervisor Of
Dist. No ~, is getting to the front.
He has a new bridge on the Trunlbo
Slough. Charley will get his roads
in good shape if any body can - he
is a rustler.
Rail road men were seen last week
between Akron. Iowa, and
Sphinx center. Sphinx people along
the line are willing to do the honest
fair thing.
There is a girl down the Brule
creek who says she will not celebrate
the 18th Of July unless the 4th is at
Sphinx, p. O. We have tho best
looking Batch in town who says he
will attend to her case. She must cell
citrate.
NJ. Moles, u veteran smoker, has
rented his farm, and is the boss
cream skinner in Sphinx.
The new creamery at Akron is
making it rather lively for the old
reliable creamery, conducted by Mr..
Vial. Competition is agreeable to
we-uns in the cream business.
Mr.. J. Peterson, teacher in the
Horton district, and Miss F. Miner,
teacher in the Hoffman district had
a Union picnic last Friday in the oak
grove on the Brule creek for their
schools. A general invitation was
given. Speaking, vocal music, all
the new and innocent games and
plays, dove in the dark q failure)
lemonade and any amount of good
things to eat We're on the program.
The day IA cloudy but 125 APP
peared on the scene. All little and
big declared they had magnificent
and profitable time.
We run across'that good looking
gentleman, W. M. Vinson, county
surveyor of Union county, the other
day, Nh. V. was making his wav
cross lots, around fences, yer bluffs
md bitches to make a strait road
crooked, south of M. Glyums, along
the Brule creek; aboard and comfor-
tally seated by the little fellow, we
continued the journey. Crops of all
kinds We're looking good. New barns
and houses doomed up on every hand
toonumerous to mention; finally, after
making q hundred and crooks ard
turns, we arrived at our destination
We found the majority of the gran
gers without road or bridges. Mr..
V. in his mild kind way, pointed
out a Feasible thoroughfare. But a
few are On the mule order, and if
they had a road, it would accommo-
date his n~eighbors. IF the people
could agree in the locality thew
could have a fine thoroughfare with;
but little cost to the county and ac-
commodate all the patrons of that
school District After filling our
mission we headed Mr.. VS. Kentucky
Whip, rs we supposed, for home.
but soon brought up at a barb wire
fence. Circumrotarv was in order.
After getting our hearing we lit out
for the highest bluff and finally got
home with the impression that IL.
the government would give me 100
acres of land I would be willing to
give a road for the benefit Of my
self and my neighbors. T. w. X.
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